Seychelles Experience

The Best Beach In The World - It's Official!

Advantages: Fine, white sand; Excellent restaurant; Outstanding sunsets
Disadvantages: Not great for swimming

...best in the world. Anse Lazio is situated on the north west corner of Praslin in Bay Chevalier. It is a 1Km long perfect crescent of soft, lightly fluffed up white sand so finely grained it feels like flour. The beach is relatively deep, from the fringe of takamaka trees and palms to the waves of the warm Indian Ocean, so there is no need to retreat far to avoid an incoming tide. To the right of the beach the craggy deserted Pointe Chevalier curves ...
...These attributes have resulted in Anse Lazio repeatedly being voted "the best beach in the world" by numerous travel publications and newspapers. Indeed, some people make a special day trip to Praslin just to see it, and in the guide books it is talked up as if it is the eighth wonder of the world. There is no doubting that it is worth seeing, Anse Lazio is magnificent as beaches come, but after a while in Seychelles, I found myself getting a bit ...

VC81 26.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Anse Lazio (Seychelles)

Very Naughty Nuts!!!

Advantages: Unique world heritage site, species found nowhere else on Earth, love nuts in their natural environment, Garden of Eden???
Disadvantages: Gaggles of European tourists

Praslin is the second largest of the Seychelles inner islands, a beautiful sleepy isle fringed with white sandy beaches and turquoise waters. What Praslin is most famous for however, is not its award-winning beaches, but the Vallee de Mai. Situated in the heart of Praslin National Park, the Valle de Mai is one of the smallest natural UNESCO World Heritage sites. As the Seychelles are some of the oldest and most isolated islands in the world, the ...
...forest which once covered the ancient continent of Gondwanaland. Many plants here are endemic, and the area remained completely virgin forest until the 1930s, when the land was bought and "beautified", and many ornamental trees were added. These were thankfully removed when the government purchased the land in 1948, and the area was made into a nature reserve and gradually rehabilitated. When I visited here I was taking a break from a work placement ...

VC81 13.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Vallée de Mai (Seychelles)

No bird in the hand, but thousands in the bush!!!

Advantages: Unique tropical island restored to natural state; see some of the world's rarest birds
Disadvantages: Ornithophobics beware!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cousin Island Special Reserve is one of the granitic Seychelles Inner Islands, located 2Km from the south west coast of Praslin, in the remote Indian Ocean. Cousin was one of the world's first whole island and sea reserves. When Cousin was settled in the early 1900s, the 27 hectares of natural vegetation was cleared to make way for a commercial coconut plantation. In 1968 the island was purchased by Birdlife International and became the world's ...
...site for 300,000 seabirds, and Cousin is the most important nesting site for Hawksbill turtles in the Western Indian Ocean. The reefs around the island are protected by a 400m exclusion zone, and studies have shown they contain 60% more of the commonly (over)fished species than any other marine reserve in Seychelles. Today Cousin is managed by Nature Seychelles, a non-profit organisation which commendably aims to involve the local community as much ...

VC81 17.11.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Cousin Island (Seychelles)

♡ For Birds and Lovers ♡

Advantages: It really is a get away from it all place.
Disadvantages: Not for bird haters or claustraphobics or clubbers.

...will concentrate on the remote Bird Island, the most northerly of the Seychelles archipelago, 60 miles north of Mahe (the largest island in the group). The Seychelles are located 1600km east of Africa and northeast of Madagascar. They are beautiful tropical islands renowned for unspoilt beaches, flora and fauna which have largely been preserved as a result of careful eco-tourism planning. ☼ Getting there ☼ Bird Island is not easily reached. ...
...travel by light aircraft to Bird Island. This is quite an experience in itself. The aircraft is tiny and holds around 8-10 passengers plus luggage (maximum 10kg per person). I remember feeling more than a little apprehensive in such a small aircraft crossing the deep Indian Ocean, no land in sight and a sea full of sharks beneath. Landing the aircraft on a tiny island was also something else. There is no airport, a grass landing strip is all there ...

susie191 06.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Bird Island, Seychelles

Unique by 1000 miles

Advantages: Beautiful, Unique
Disadvantages: Expensive

I visited the seychelles with my husband and family. The holiday had been built up beyond belief as his family had been there twice before about 15 years ago, and had gained a somewhat legondary status! We stayed on the main island Mahe, but also visited Praslin and La Digue. Mahe had changed a lot, and the hotel that we stayed in (The Berjaya Mahé Beach Resort) was not the best choice on relection, however it has arguably the best location, with ...
...experience as rough a tide as other parts of the island. I still wouldnt recommend staying here, the standards are not as high as other hotels. la Digue island lodge was the most amazing place I have ever been too and I would highly recommend that! The location is amazing, the view incredible and the beach huts that we stayed in were gorgeous. One thing that was very odd was the currency, we weren't able to take any currency with us, and on arrival ...

mussonanna 15.02.2006 · Read full review
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